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Still on! NEPM presents a Crossroads Event – Native Memories: Recovering Pocumtuck Histories in Franklin County

March 2, 2023

Saturday, March 4 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm EST, Free.

Join us at the Shea Theater Arts Center as New England Public Media and the Nolumbeka Project present a talk with Dr. Margaret M. Bruchac (Nulhegan Abenaki), Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Bruchac will lead a discussion on Native memories and histories in the valley of the Kwinitekw (Connecticut River). More details here. This program is continuing as planned at 4 p.m. at the Shea Theater.

“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” will be on view at the Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Avenue A in Turners Falls from February 5 to March 18, 2023. The exhibition is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and Mass Humanities. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.

“Crossroads: Change in Rural America” is a collaboration between the Department of Conservation and Recreation, RiverCulture, the Friends of the Discovery Center, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Montague Public Libraries, and New England Public Media. See the full calendar of events at https://greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/

MORE INFO
https://museumonmainstreet.org/content/crossroads
https://nolumbekaproject.org/
https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/margaret-bruchac

https://www.nepm.org

Filed Under: Crossroads, Local History, News

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2 Avenue A,
Turners Falls, MA 01376
413-863-3221

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Tuesday
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday – Sunday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed Mondays
but open Monday holidays including 2/20/23, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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The Great Falls Discovery Center is operated by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation with financial, volunteer, and program support from the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center.

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